Remember the Leon Edwards vs Khamzat matchup in 2021 ?

[Koya]

Leon should thank God it never happened. Because he would have never been champ.

People gave Leon too much of a chance back then but Khamzat would have absolutely mailed him, Whittaker style.

Don't get it wrong, DDP is a extremely tough both physically and even more mentally, he doesn't give up he doesn't fold. Plus his submission defense is too notch. People don't see that yes he got dominated, but he wasn't mauled nor finished.

Leon on the other hand would have been absolutely decimated by Khamzat.

If you want to say that he didn't had power at 170, well we didn't see that. He had plenty of power when he disposed of Kevin Holland in minutes.

Leon was a lucky guy.

 

[AimedWithV]

Leon should thank God it never happened. Because he would have never been champ.

People gave Leon too much of a chance back then but Khamzat would have absolutely mailed him, Whittaker style.

Don't get it wrong, DDP is a extremely tough both physically and even more mentally, he doesn't give up he doesn't fold. Plus his submission defense is too notch. People don't see that yes he got dominated, but he wasn't mauled nor finished.

Leon on the other hand would have been absolutely decimated by Khamzat.

If you want to say that he didn't had power at 170, well we didn't see that. He had plenty of power when he disposed of Kevin Holland in minutes.

Leon was a lucky guy.

Leon Edwards is not Kevin Holland?

 

[SharpasaRazor]

Leon had the TDD and the wrestling to make it interesting, only subbed once in his career (never at time of that fight). On the feet smokes him. Believe the UFC booked it bc they thought Leon would get wrecked but a lot of the match ups Khamzat ended up with have been easier than that one honestly

 

[AimedWithV]

Leon had the TDD and the wrestling to make it interesting, only subbed once in his career (never at time of that fight). On the feet smokes him. Believe the UFC booked it bc they thought Leon would get wrecked but a lot of the match ups Khamzat ended up with have been easier than that one honestly

He also got eye pokes and fence grabbing.

 

[GoWokeGoBroke]

Leon’s mother would not be able to recognize her own son after that beating. He’d go in looking like Leon, come out looking like Cleon. He should be going to church thanking the lord in Christ this fight never materialized. Maybe he’ll even run into Jon there

 

[Koya]

Leon had the TDD and the wrestling to make it interesting, only subbed once in his career (never at time of that fight). On the feet smokes him. Believe the UFC booked it bc they thought Leon would get wrecked but a lot of the match ups Khamzat ended up with have been easier than that one honestly

Kamaru took him down at will in their first fight. He dominated 95% of the fight until the head kick. Recently Leon was grapplefucked by Belal for 5 rounds again.

Based on that data Khamzat would have been a heavy favorite in the grappling departement

 

[Koya]

Leon Edwards is not Kevin Holland?

Khamzat is not Belal ? And Bella ragdolled Leon.

 

[AimedWithV]

Khamzat is not Belal ? And Bella ragdolled Leon.

Khamzat is way bigger than Belal and is not a real WW.
He will not keep the same pace on WW as he did in MW. He will not submit Edwards in the first round, like he did with Kevin Holland, and will not have a cardio to come back at 4th and 5th, like Belal had

 

[Dark C3PO]

Leon would've beaten him had the fight happened then.

 

[Harlekin]

Kamaru took him down at will in their first fight. He dominated 95% of the fight until the head kick. Recently Leon was grapplefucked by Belal for 5 rounds again.

Based on that data Khamzat would have been a heavy favorite in the grappling departement

5 out of 12 actually and Edwards took him down as well